Clothes-rack.



' To all whomi'z't may concern UNITED ST T S PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC THOMAS RICHARDSON, 01 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOB, OF ONE- EALF TO ALFRED WILLIAM RUFF, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CLOTHES-BACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" Be it known that I, ISAAC THOS.

v manufacturer, have,invented certain-i new and useful Im rovements in ClothS Racl' s;. and 'I hereby eclare that the following-is a :p

full, clear, and exact description ofjthe same.

f'specification and illustrated in the accompan'ying drawings that form part of the same.

'The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement whereby one or more ra1ls may be in use at any one time and support the clothes hanging in diiferent vertical planes.

The objects of the invention are to devise aform of rack which may be hung on the wall and in its folded condition take up very little room, to facilitate the drying or airing of clothes and generally to provide a neat, cheap and durable form of clothes rack.

The accompanyin drawing is a perspective viewof the rac showing two rails in their open position and the remaining rails closed.

Referring to the drawing 1 is the back of the rack havin the holes 2 for securing it to the wall and the-retaining rod hole 3 1n the center thereof.

4 are the sides of the rack rigid with the.

back 1 at each end thereof, extending downwardly in the steps 5 in an outward direc-' tion and having'in each lift 6 thereof'the hole 7 immediately above each step and toward the rear end of each lift.

8 are the rails of substantially U-shaped form having the'off-set ends 9 inserted in the holes 7, and preferably curled on the in- I ner side of the-hfts 6. The said rails 8 are made of several different sizes so that each RIoHA-Rn; soN, resident of 25 Bleecher street, the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Qanada,

. Application filed October 17, 1912. Serial No. 726,304.

one reaches across to its own lifts 6, thereby in this arrangement the rails in their vertica1,-;';position will all stand in the same plane whereas in their horizontal positions they rest onfthesteps 5.

. 10 is a-retaining rod hooked in the hole 3 "aiidprferably having the eye 11 at the upor end and adapted to hold one or more of therods'Iin' their vertical position.

' l2.is'a brace rigidl secured to the inner sides ofthe'loweren of the lifts 6 and extending therebetween thus strengthening the structure and serving also as a towel rack.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

The useof this device wilhbe readily understood. from the foregoing description of "the details as one or more of the rails might be brought to the lower position and rest on the steps 5 and it will be seen that if all the rails are in the down position the clothes will hang in so many different vertical planes while the retainin rod 10 will then rest on the In 13 or the ug 14 as the case ma be. Besides the clothes are hung at di erent heights and therefore there will be more surface exposed to the air for drying purposes.

' What I claim is g In a clothes rack, a back by which the rack is secured to a wall, sides dependin from said back in a plane at, right angles t iereto, said sides being laterally stepped to form substantially horizontal ledges, theledges in one side being opposite the ledges in the other side and a plurality of U shaped rails each pivotally secured at its ends to said sides -respect1vely, slightly above opposite ledges and supported y said ledges in the down position.

Signed at the city of Toronto, this 16th day of September, 1912.

ISAAC THOMAS RICHARDSON.

Witnesses: v

'WALTER G. HAMMOND,

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